'Hunger' receives eight nominations for Ifta awards, including best filmAWARDS SEASON came to Dublin yesterday with the announcement of the nominations in 37 categories for the sixth annual Irish Film…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Love and Honour / Bushi No IchibunYOJI YAMADA brings his trilogy of pictures based on stories by Shuhei Fujisawa to a successful conclusion with this engrossing…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Brideshead Revisited'OH MY D- D- DEAR!" Anthony Blanche, the camp aesthete in Evelyn Waugh's most delightfully barmy novel, might very well stutter…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2IT IS ONLY fair to acknowledge that the four Sisters of the Travelling Pants do set a genuinely good example to teenage girls…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
The ponderous side of PattiPATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: Directed by Steven Sebring PG cert, limited release, 109 min **Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HUNTER S THOMPSONALEX GIBNEY'S latest documentary is decadent and depravedFri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Rooted to the spotIF YOU CAN duck your head beneath the huge, jagged metaphor that hurtles through this Israeli production, then you should find…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Garden of equalsIF YOU were feeling mean- spirited, you might dismiss the latest film from Jean Becker, a veteran of many genres, as an archetypal…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Fear of heightsCLIMBERS ARE notoriously pernickety about films based on their perilous sportFri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
The ChildrenCONSIDERING how often film- makers have used children in horror - The Shining , The Exorcist , The Innocents and on and on - …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaTHE TIME may finally have come to utter the following contentious words: Toy Story has a lot to answer for.Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Año UñaI SUPPOSE you would have to describe this charming little picture from Jonás Cuarón - the 29-year- old son of Alfonso - as an…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Transporter 3IN A WEEK of interesting failures and partial triumphs, it's gratifying to welcome a film that succeeds so completely on its …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Four ChristmasesIT'S NEARLY Christmas. It's time to make room round your hearth for a jolly fat manFri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Niko the Way to the StarsMAGMA Pictures, an ambitious Galway-based outfit, has sold this animated Danish children's film to exhibitors all over the world…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
ChocolateFive years ago Prachya Pinkaew, a rising force in Thai cinema, forced new energy into the martial arts film with his clamorous…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
The weekly movie quizQuestions: 1. Which country gives its title to an upcoming epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
The Nightmare before Christmas 3-DTIM Burton's 1993 stop-motion fantasy gets a third dimension in what seems to be becoming a holiday perennial.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Max PayneFILM CRITICS tend to be a tad stuffy about adaptations of video gamesFri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
THE WARLORDSOver the last decade, we have been offered a bevy of outrageously luscious Asian period dramas ( House of Flying Daggers, Hero…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
EASY VIRTUENoël Coward is given a hopelessly musty disinterment, writes Donald ClarkeFri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
SCARWHAT AN outrage! Here we have a zero-budget horror film of the lowest imaginable quality (a Saw compote drizzled with Friday …Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Getting back in the frameFILM: Have you seen? By David Thompson, Allen lane, 1007pp, 22Sat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
'It's just a film. . . that's all it is'STEVE McQUEEN doesn't look like a man cycling into controversySat Nov 01 2008 - 00:00
FUNNY BUNNYINTERVIEW: Anna Faris has made a name for herself as Hollywood's queen of raucous comedySat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Weird volume depicts Hollywood through eyes of a chimpanzeeBOOK OF THE DAY: Donald Clarke reviews Me Cheeta: The Autobiography by CheetaMon Oct 20 2008 - 01:00
THE FALLDirected by Tarsem. Starring Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Catinca Untaru, Daniel Caltagirone. Club, IFI, Dublin, 117 minFri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame/Buda as sharm foru rikhtDirected by Hana Makhmalbaf. Starring Nikbakht Noruz 12A cert, Light House, Dublin, 81 minFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Nights in RodantheDirected by George C Wolfe. Starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Scott Glenn, James Franco PG cert, gen release, 97 minFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Journey to the Far Side of the SunDirected by Robert Parrish. Starring Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, Lynn Loring, Herbert Lom PG certFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Emma's bliss/Emmad GlückDirected by Sven Taddicken. Starring Jordis Triebel, Juergen Vogel 15A cert, Light House, Dublin, 99 minFri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Just how horrible is Toby Young?Despite the film of his memoir, 'How to Lose Friends and Alienate People', showing us the supposed wretchedness of his persona…Sat Oct 04 2008 - 01:00
IMPORT/EXPORTDirected by Ulrich Seidl. Starring Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas, Maria Hofstatter Club, IFI, Dublin, 135 minFri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
ALEXANDRA/ALEKSANDRADirected by Alexander Sokurov. Starring Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva Club, IFI, Dublin, 95 minFri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
